NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A trial date has been set in the sexual abuse case against former New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker. The trial will begin on Sept. 24, pending additional information from the ...

Louisiana (WDSU) — A judge has denied a lower bond request for retired Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker. His bond is set at $855,000. Earlier this month he entered a not guilty plea in court. Previous ...

Father Hecker’s death comes after a high-profile legal process in Louisiana that suffered repeated delays due to the elderly ex-priest’s reported health problems. Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Former Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker was denied a request for a lower bond on Friday, Dec. 8. This is the second time he’s made the request, and it was denied. Hecker is facing ...

NEW ORLEANS — A 93-year-old former Catholic priest sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for raping a teenage boy has died, Louisiana authorities and his lawyer confirmed Friday. Less than ...

A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975. Lawrence Hecker, who left the ministry in 2002, had been scheduled ...

A retired Roman Catholic priest accused of raping and kidnapping a young boy nearly 50 years ago entered a guilty plea on Tuesday, just before jury selection for his criminal trial was set to get ...

NEW ORLEANS — Former Catholic Priest Lawrence Hecker was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday morning. Hecker, 93, pleaded guilty to all counts on December 3- aggravated rape, ...

NEW ORLEANS — Former Catholic Priest Lawrence Hecker was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday morning. Hecker, 93, pleaded guilty to all counts on December 3- aggravated rape, ...

Lawrence Hecker, the geriatric former New Orleans priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, must undergo further evaluation to determine if his displays of dementia are ...

The trial of Lawrence Hecker, a former New Orleans priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, is scheduled to begin Tuesday. Update: Trial of former New Orleans priest ...

AND PEACE. SO I JUST PUT THE SCAR TISSUE ON AND BURIED IT. THIS MAN WHO WE ARE NOT IDENTIFYING, SAYS HIS ALLEGED ABUSE IS SIMILAR TO SKIN CANCER. HE SAYS HE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY LAWRENCE HACKER AS A ...